[Oh, that's right, Kitty is on his side and in theory, he might relax. But he doesn't. Instead, feeding on that--]
When the moment suits, and no sooner. The plan was to take stock of the resistance. And if we leave now, we leave them to it, alone, and see what they've done whenever we manage to toddle our arses back into town.
[so, yes. And Nikos spits out his response, somewhere beyond anger.]
The compartmentalization, the priorities— What will the use of saving the world be if all its people are as good as enslaved when we’re done? There’s more than Corypheus in the world and if we forget that, we will look up from our work one day and find ourselves fucking alone. What is Riftwatch doing?
They're trying to win the war, like there won't be another one after this, and another after that. As though all these cycles won't just continue and go on and on and on even if Corypheus is defeated.
[He makes a sound through his teeth, something like a laugh.]
I should have known. Riftwatch, the Inquisition, would be no better than anything else. I'd hoped-- [Hope, ugly, foolish; Nikos lip curls at himself.] --it would be. I don't see how to continue like this.
It's that we still have access. We can still - talk to the people who make choices, and convince them of what we believe. We couldn't do that on our own.
I'm less convinced of that with every passing day. It would be more productive to be buried up to my neck in pig shit than to continue to make my case to deaf ears.
The people who make the choices. Who are they? How did they get those positions? There is nothing equal about it. It's the same as every structure in every part of this fucking world. Even if one intends good, it doesn't matter. None of it matters.
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Date: 2019-10-18 03:13 am (UTC)When the moment suits, and no sooner. The plan was to take stock of the resistance. And if we leave now, we leave them to it, alone, and see what they've done whenever we manage to toddle our arses back into town.
It's pathetic.
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Date: 2019-10-18 03:16 am (UTC)And if the resistance fails before then? Then what? Will they just shrug and say oh well, couldn't be helped?
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Date: 2019-10-18 09:05 pm (UTC)[so, yes. And Nikos spits out his response, somewhere beyond anger.]
The compartmentalization, the priorities— What will the use of saving the world be if all its people are as good as enslaved when we’re done? There’s more than Corypheus in the world and if we forget that, we will look up from our work one day and find ourselves fucking alone. What is Riftwatch doing?
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Date: 2019-10-18 10:33 pm (UTC)They're trying to win the war, like there won't be another one after this, and another after that. As though all these cycles won't just continue and go on and on and on even if Corypheus is defeated.
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Date: 2019-10-21 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-22 02:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-22 05:46 am (UTC)I should have known. Riftwatch, the Inquisition, would be no better than anything else. I'd hoped-- [Hope, ugly, foolish; Nikos lip curls at himself.] --it would be. I don't see how to continue like this.
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Date: 2019-10-22 12:03 pm (UTC)I guess either leave - leave, and try to find some structure elsewhere that can make changes - Or keep trying to change Riftwatch itself. Right?
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Date: 2019-10-22 05:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-22 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-22 09:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-24 01:49 am (UTC)[ She thinks a moment. ]
It's that we still have access. We can still - talk to the people who make choices, and convince them of what we believe. We couldn't do that on our own.
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Date: 2019-10-24 07:15 pm (UTC)The people who make the choices. Who are they? How did they get those positions? There is nothing equal about it. It's the same as every structure in every part of this fucking world. Even if one intends good, it doesn't matter. None of it matters.
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Date: 2019-10-24 07:28 pm (UTC)Have you ever asked for any authority? A position with Riftwatch?
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Date: 2019-10-25 03:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-25 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-25 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-25 02:21 pm (UTC)[ A shrug. ]
That's how you get to make the choices, isn't it.
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Date: 2019-10-27 12:57 am (UTC)Seemingly out of nowhere--]
Caspar is back in Antiva. You've met him. [He Knows.] If either of two of us should be leading something, it's him.